Kent v. Kent

LEMMON, Judge.

Milford Kent has appealed from that part of the judgment of divorce which awarded his wife alimony under C.C. art. 160. The divorce judgment was rendered pursuant to R.S. 9:302 on petition filed one year after his wife had obtained by default a separation judgment grounded on fault.

Kent acknowledges the holding of Fulmer v. Fulmer, La., 301 So.2d 622 (1974), to the effect that once the husband’s fault is judicially determined to he the cause of the separation, the wife is entitled to alimony after divorce without further proof of fault. H'owever, Kent points out that the Fulmer…